I can't install VS Express on Vista 64. ( Already installed VS2003, NET
1.1 )
Any ideas why the installation exits with an error in the middle?
Thanks Michael

When calling the DrawSomething function, i get an access violation in release
mode.
This error happens when "Increase speed (/02)" is enabled
(Preferences->C/C++ -> Optimisation -> Increase speed (/O2) )

I have a MC++dll, whose functions i want to use in unmanaged c++. I
read that one of the ways to use the managed functions in unmanaged
world is by exposing the managed api as flat api.
I tried that and with simple data types it worked. But now i need to

Hello, I program in C and c++ for 5+ years but I am still  not satisfied with
my development process. for a big MFC project I usually start by thinking
what classes do I need then for each class I ask what function and variables
do I need and I start writing codes. but many times ...

I am trying to port a legacy MFC application to C++/CLI. I have
managed to build the code under VS 2008 and I am in the process of
enabling the /CLR compiler directive. My goal is to try and convert
the application to a series of Mixed assemblies that will run

I feel a bit dumb for asking this but I lost my documentation in an
accident. Could someone confirm the last supported PSDK for VC2003 and
95/98/ME & NT4?

I have overloaded a new operater for a class that returns void * and i have
created an object for that class in heap as below.
CMyClass *pMyClass = new CMyClass(); // Here though i haven't explicitly
casted void* to CMyClass, the compiler doesnt give error at all.

I am doing target tracking, now I want to draw a rectangle on the
captured frame and save it to a avi file using
capSetCallbackOnVideoStream and capSetCallbackOnFrame, Could you give
me a simply ,detail example ?

I need to convert time_t to System::DateTime. All of the examples that
I found are either in C# or in the obsolete managed C++ syntax. What
is the current syntax for converting a (probably 64 bit) time_t value
to System::DateTime ???

I have an set of unmanaged  C++ libraries that I have been
successfully using in a C++/CLI assembly which is in turn used by some
other .NET code (ASP.NET/C#). The C++ makes a lot of use of Boost and
STL. This is all working in VS 2005

Hi folk,
I'm trying to install latest OpenSSL version in VS2008 Express Edition
on WinXP. I have downloaded and installed the redistributable for VC+
+2008 (including SP1), and also installed the latest version of pre-compiled

while trying to debug I get a message that I should be either a debug
user or admin. I'm actually in the admin group as user.
What shall I do?
Secondly where should I put the header files?

I trying to add objects to an array without success. The array is declared as
A** arr**. It is allocated with with the new operator. Two instances of the
class A is allready instanciated with the new operator and assigned to the
array with the brackets [] as shown below. The ...

I have a brand new Dell computer right out of the box.  It was purchased with
Windows Vista Basic.  I have also separately purchased Windows Vista Ultimate
and I want to install it on this new computer.  
What is the best approach to accomplish this task?  Should I start up the

I am trying to read an Excel spreadsheet (xls) programmatically. I have used
the ODBC database route and have opened the Excel spreadsheet and then using
a 'CRecordset', I read each row.
I correctly get that I have 13 columns, their names, etc... The problem